MDSB63H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Spaghetti Western, Sound Film
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Elsaesser & hagener: sound and the spatiality of cinema. )t s not good enough to simply consider film sound. The ultimate sound of a film is conditioned by the technology of the cinema itself. Early on, sound film could only be screened in cinemas that had the proper technology. The advent of sound film in different national context drew upon the specific cultural histories of each nation. India: drew on the 2000 year history of sanskrit theater where (cid:498) the idea of drama was inseparably linked with song, dance and music. (cid:499)(cid:523)chatterji,p. 3(cid:524) and what david nye referred to as (cid:498)the american technological sublime(cid:499) Usa: (drawing upon sobchack) dolby sound, the celebration of digital technology, In-class assignment: find examples of movies from these three genres:
